Friday, 9 November 2012

Kicking back….

This week I’ve been
kicking back and relaxing after the launch of How Do You Voodoo?

Mr JH and I took ourselves
off to the cinema in Glasgow to see Skyfall and both of us remarked how the scene
with Bond and M standing beside the Aston Martin in the remote Scottish countryside -
looked as though it had been filmed at the Dalveen Pass – an area very close to
our cottage. I got quite excited at the thought that Daniel Craig might have
popped in for a cup of tea!

I also caught the BBC
Scotland programme ‘Imagine’ featuring Edinburgh author Ian Rankin. It’s up on
the iPlayer just now here and is really worth watching. It follows Ian over the
course of writing his new novel ‘Standing in Another Man’s Grave’ and it was fascinating
to see how he worked. I also found it reassuring that he gets stuck (in his
case usually at page 68) and that he doesn’t plot his stories beforehand.
Indeed, with this particular novel, he got almost to the end without knowing himself
who the killer was! The interviews with
his editor and his wife were also illuminating from a writerly perspective and
I enjoyed seeing how he researched the details in his stories.

This weekend is Mr JH’s
birthday and we are having our friends over to celebrate with us. So, this
afternoon, I’m not writing or going anywhere near my laptop - I'm making birthday cake!

Happy Birthday to my real life hero - Mr JH!

So until next week (when I’ll
be back to work on my WIP) I’m wondering if you like to take a break and
kick back a little after completing a writing project - or are you a writer
that gets straight into the next book without a single pause?

Happy birthday Mr JH... happy birthday ... doesn't quite trip off the tongue but you get the message! Hope the birthday cake is a great success and you have a fab time celebrating. I have to say with all the advertising for Skyfall, Daniel Craig is looking amazing - in my opinion he's on a par with (well almost) the fabulous Sean Connery. Of course, he doesn't quite have that dreamy accent...

Hi Janice I'm looking forward to seeing Skyfall and will keep an eye open for that scene. I find it difficult to combine writing with promoting a book but will be trying to ease myself back into creative mode this week. Hope the cake went down well!

Thanks Talli! Have fun at the Fesival of Romance this coming weekend. I wish I was going. I've promised myself that I'll be there next year. Oh, please do take a camera with you, so I can see the photos!